Rachel Devine

Partner - Environment and Planning

Rachel provides advice on all aspects of environmental and resource management law for private and public sector clients – from design through to approval, implementation and operation.

Rachel has advised extensively on requirements for resource consents, including major industrial and infrastructure projects, and implications of planning requirements. She has significant experience in obtaining complex environmental and project approvals for developers, and advises on other environmental issues including pollution licensing and contaminated land.

Professional background

Recent work

East West Link proposal

Acting as Mercury’s legal advisor in relation to the NZ Transport Agency’s East West Link proposal.

Granting of archaeological authority

Advised Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga on its decision to grant archaeological authority to Fletcher Residential Limited to modify or destroy archaeological sites, which has been appealed by four parties to the Environment Court.

Admitted

Admitted to the bar in New Zealand in 1996 and in England and Wales in 2000

Qualifications

Associate Environmental Auditor IEMA & QSA

LLB (Hons), University of Waikato

Affiliations

President of the Resource Management Law Association

Member International Environmental Lawyers Network

Member The Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of New Zealand (PEPANZ)

Specialisations

Energy and Resources

Government

Forestry

Infrastructure

Maori and Treaty Negotiations

Public Law

Awards

Ranked as a Band 1 Environment and Resource Management lawyer, Chambers Asia Pacific

Ranked as a Band 1 Energy and Natural Resources lawyer, Chambers Global

Ranked as a leading Projects and Resource Management lawyer, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific

Winner - Environment Lawyer of the Year New Zealand - Corporate LiveWire 2016